ٱتْلُ مَآ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗ وَلَذِكْرُ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ
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سُورَةُ العَنكَبُوتِ
English — Sahih International
Recite, [O Muhammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allah is greater. And Allah knows that which you do.
اردو — مودودی
(اے نبیؐ) تلاوت کرو اس کتاب کی جو تمہاری طرف وحی کے ذریعہ سے بھیجی گئی ہے اور نماز قائم کرو، یقیناً نماز فحش اور بُرے کاموں سے روکتی ہے اور اللہ کا ذکر اس سے بھی زیادہ بڑی چیز ہے اللہ جانتا ہے جو کچھ تم لوگ کرتے ہو
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Bacalah apa yang telah diwahyukan kepadamu, yaitu Al Kitab (Al Quran) dan dirikanlah shalat. Sesungguhnya shalat itu mencegah dari (perbuatan-perbuatan) keji dan mungkar. Dan sesungguhnya mengingat Allah (shalat) adalah lebih besar (keutamaannya dari ibadat-ibadat yang lain). Dan Allah mengetahui apa yang kamu kerjakan.
Ibn Kathir
لِتُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَى
(that every person may be rewarded for that which he strives) (20:15).
لِيَجْزِىَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيِجْزِى الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُواْ بِالْحُسْنَى
(that He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done, and reward those who do good, with what is best) (53:31).
إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
(Verily, therein is surely a sign for those who believe. ) meaning, there is clear evidence that Allah is alone in creating, controlling, and in His divinity.
The Command to convey the Message, to recite the Qur'an and to pray
Then Allah commands His Messenger and the believers to recite the Qur'an, which means both reciting it and conveying it to people.
وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَوةَ إِنَّ الصَّلَوةَ تَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَآءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَلَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ
(and perform the Salah. Verily, the Salah prevents from Al-Fahsha' and Al-Munkar and the remembrance of Allah is greater indeed.) Prayer includes two things: the first of which is giving up immoral behavior and evil deeds, i.e., praying regularly enables a person to give up these things. Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said: "A man came to the Prophet and said, `So-and-so prays at night, but when morning comes, he steals.' The Prophet said:
«إِنَّهُ سَيَنْهَاهُ مَا تَقُول»
(What you are saying (i.e., the Salah) will stop him from doing that.)" Prayer also includes the remembering of Allah, which is the higher objective, Allah says:
وَلَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ
(and the remembrance of Allah is greater indeed.) more important than the former.
وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ
(And Allah knows what you do.) means, He knows all that you do and say. Abu Al-`Aliyah commented on the Ayah:
إِنَّ الصَّلَوةَ تَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَآءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ
(Verily, the Salah prevents from immoral sins and evil wicked deeds) "Prayer has three attributes, and any prayer that contains none of these attributes is not truly prayer: Being done purely and sincerely for Allah alone (Ikhlas), fear of Allah, and remembrance of Allah. Ikhlas makes a person do good deeds, fear prevents him from doing evil deeds, and the remembrance of Allah is the Qur'an which contains commands and prohibitions." Ibn `Awn Al-Ansari said: "When you are praying, you are doing good, it is keeping you away from immoral sins and evil wicked deeds and what you are doing is part of the remembrance of Allah which is greater."
المُيَسَّر
اتل ما أُنزل إليك من هذا القرآن، واعمل به، وأدِّ الصلاة بحدودها، إن المحافظة على الصلاة تنهى صاحبها عن الوقوع في المعاصي والمنكرات؛ وذلك لأن المقيم لها، المتمم لأركانها وشروطها، يستنير قلبه، ويزداد إيمانه، وتقوى رغبته في الخير، وتقل أو تنعدم رغبته في الشر، ولَذكر الله في الصلاة وغيرها أعظم وأكبر وأفضل من كل شيء. والله يعلم ما تصنعون مِن خيرٍ وشر، فيجازيكم على ذلك أكمل الجزاء وأوفاه.